Paper cutting and rewinding machine.



No. 716,605. Patented Dec. 23, I902. P. J. WOLF. PAPER CUTTING AND REWINDING MACHINE.

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Ullli STATES LATENT OFFICE.

PAUL J. WOLF, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

PAPER CUTTING AND REWINDING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 716.605, dated December 23, 1902.

Application filed February 15, 1902. I $erial No. 94,221. (No model.)

To all whom 'it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, PAUL J. WOLF, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper Cutting and Rewinding Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvement in paper cutting and rewinding machines; and the main object of the invention is to construct a machine upon which a roll of paper is placed and while being unwound is cut in any number of widths and rewound upon a special roller.

Another object of my invention is the provision of a machine which will cut paper in any widths while being unwound, rewind the same, and retain them ona single strip or roll.

Another object of my invention is the provision of a paper cutting and rewinding machine embodying a very simple and durable and comparatively inexpensive construction for such purposes. 7

To attain the desired objects, the invention consists of a paper cutting and rewinding machine embodying novel features of construction and combination of parts, substantially as disclosed herein.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of the entire machine. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view of the adjustable cutting-disk. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional View taken on line 00 a: of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detailed end view of the two cutting-disks, and Fig. 6 is a sectional view through one of the disks and its retaining device.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the base, upon which is mounted upon opposite sides and extending upward therefrom the vertical laterally-adjustable arm 2 and the right-angled arm 3, said arm 3 being provided with the bearings or journals 4 for the spindle 5, upon which is mounted a roll of paper 6. The continuous piece of paper 7 passes upward and over the tension or guiding roller 8, which is mounted in the bearings 9, supported by the upwardlyinclined parallel arms 10, which are secured to the sides of the standards 11, which are 'upon its shaft.

mounted upon the base 1. Formed in the upper end of the two standards are the alined recesses or bearings 12 for the spindle 13 of the drum 14, this drum being more securely held in place by means of the oppositely-arranged bearing-box 15, to which is formed the vertical arms 16, which are provided with the pair'of inclined bearings 17, in which are mounted the shafts 18 and 19, carrying, respectively, the adjustable circular cutting knives or disks 20 and 21.

As the paper is guided in its passage it passes between the shafts 18 and 19 and is adapted to be cut by the disks 20 and 21, one split end of the paper, termed 22, being connected to the roller 23, which receives motion from the drum, said roller 23 being carried in the upper free end of the pivoted arms 24, whose lower ends are pivoted upon the shaft 25, journaled in the bearings 26. The other split end or portion 27 of the paper is wound upon the roller 28, which is similarly mounted to the roller 23 in the upper free ends of the swinging arms 29, pivotally connected to the shaft 30, journaled in the bearings 31.

In order to adjust the roll of paper 6, I provide the hand-wheel 32,which operates a screw 33 to move the arm 34, whose lower end is rigidly connected to the horizontal shaft 35, mounted in suitable bearings 36, and upon whose other end is rigidly connected the arm 2, carrying the removable clutch 38, which surrounds the disk end of the spindle 5.

The circular cutting knives or disks are made in two forms and consist, substantially, of the sleeve or collar 39, having the reduced threaded end 40, upon which the circular disk is mounted and held in place by means of the nut 41, this constituting one form. The other form consists of the adjustable knife-holding sleeve 42, which is provided with the reduced portion 43, upon which is mounted the loose sleeve 44, the cuttingknife 45, fastened on the sleeve bythe nut 46, and the flanged collar 47 for setting the knife in contact with the opposite knife to form a cutting edge, said collar being rigidly secured on the shaft by'means of the screw 48, a similar screw fastening the collar 39 A spring 49 is placed upon the sleeve 42 between the collar 47 and the knife, thus insuring a light pressure of its knife against the other knife.

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From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings, it is apparent that I provide a machine which will unwind paper from a single roll, out it in difierent widths, and rewind it upon rolls mounted upon the same shaft or upon rolls mounted upon different shafts, this being accomplished by using two pair of the swinging arms 24 or 29 and using two rollers 23 or 28, as may be desired. It is evident, therefore, that I provide a paper cutting and rewinding machine which may be operated in a well-known manner and which will out the paper in its passage from a single continuous roll into any desired widths, a series of differently-adjusted cutting-disks beingemployed when more than two widths are desired.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination in a machine of this character of a base, standards rising therefrom having trunnions, a paper-feeding roll mounted in said Irunnions, a longitudinal rod mounted upon the side of the base, a vertical arm carried by said rod adapted to swing therewith, said rod having its upper end in engagement with the roll, means to oscillate the rod and thereby laterally adjust the roll, a power-transmitting drum carried upon the base, revolubly-mounted cutting means above the drum, and rewinding-rolls adapted to contact the drum upon opposite sides and receive the paper from the feeding roll after it has been cut.

2. The combination in a machine of this character, of a base, a feed-roll mounted in one end thereof, a longitudinal rod mounted upon the side of the base and adapted to be oscillated, a vertical arm carried by said rod, having its upper end in engagement with one end of the roll, means to oscillate the rod, standards mounted upon the base, a powertransmitting drum revolubly mounted in said standards, arms extending upward from the standards toward the feeding-roll, a roller carrying adjustably-mounted cutting means mounted in the upper end of said arms, swingingly-mounted arms connected to the base upon opposite sides of the drum, and a series of rewinding-rolls carried by each of said arms adapted to contact the drum and receive the paper after it has been out.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

PAUL J. WOLF.

Witnesses:

R. S. OBRIEN, CORA SMITH. 

